Chapter 23: Outside but Not Inside
After Yang Li and his party left the leader's hut, the Lieshan clan took them to the residence to settle down.
According to the previous situation, when the caravans of other tribes came, they could only set up tents to solve the accommodation problem, but Yang Jiao finally showed his identity and was the leader of a tribe, so he naturally had to be treated differently.
He still sat in his place, coughed a few times, and walked out of the inner room, this person was tall and thin, with a pair of triangular eyes radiating a reptilian dead gaze, and the thin animal skin on his body was gray and dark after some treatment, standing in the corner of the wall, if he looked closely, he couldn't even find that such a person existed.
Yu picked up a wooden staff beside him, poked it on the ground with one hand, pressed the weight of his whole body on it, and struggled to stand up and walked towards the man: "Pit viper, how is it?" ”
"You mean the warrior with the great axe, right?" The man named Pit Viper shrugged his shoulders, the obsidian dagger in his hand spun rapidly between his dexterous and slender ten fingers, "Hmph, I don't know how many such guys I slaughtered in Hedong at the beginning, they have no strength, but they don't have enough speed, I can slowly drain his blood and let him die in despair." ”
Coughing a few times and looking relieved, he folded his hands and bowed to a statue on the table: "So the will of the gods must be carried out, and I will carve the most ornate sacrifice with these tusks to be offered to the god of the mountains in the next sacrifice." ”
The pit viper also put on a pious look, and then patted him on the shoulder and reminded, "They also brought a lot of pottery and honey, which are also offerings that the gods like, and you had better keep them for me." ”
The two of them drew closer and began to whisper something planned.
As he walked, Yang Jiao observed the situation in the greenstone settlements, including what they produced, the crops they planted, the labor tools they used, and the structures of their domination.
Almost every household has hanging totems at the door, these totems are either connected with pig's teeth, or carved with wooden blocks, painted with red and blue dyes, with different shapes, and it looks quite the feeling of the national customs village in later generations.
Yulia ran away for a while, and when she came back, she held a small statue of a wild boar in her hand, saying that she had exchanged it for a little salt, and she could take it back to play with Xiao Zhen Mi.
Taking the statue in Mao Mei's hand, Yang Li found that this little thing was skillful in knife work, and the limbs of the wild boar were lifelike, which could be regarded as a work of art, so he praised it: "Not bad, not bad." ”
Losers, how can you exchange it for salt, salt is a strategic material, this is the true thought in the heart of Yang Da Leader.
Just think about it, of course.
A warehouse on the west side of the greenstone settlement was temporarily cleared for the night as a place for the people to stay, and the building was divided into two parts, with a bed covered with animal skins in the inner room, and an empty outhouse with hay piled up on the ground.
What does the Lieshan clan mean by this arrangement, don't you have a leader, sleeping in a bed?
Others, sleeping hay, laying on the floor.
Yang Li was actually quite moved, what a simple brother, guessing that Mao Mei and I couldn't be separated, so I specially arranged a single bed.
Commanding everyone to pile up the goods in the warehouse, Yang Li and Lieshan said goodbye at the door of the warehouse, Lieshan pulled some inconsequential words, glanced around, and found that no one was paying attention, so he approached Yang Li and whispered: "Tomorrow you will finish your trade, and when you set off, pass by the woods in the west, and I will pull a cart of ore and wait for you there." ”
"Okay, just let me pull these ores back and make them into statues of the god of the mountains, and I'm sure you've never seen them." Yang Li thought that in the future, if he smelted bronze and still had some leftovers, he could use it to make wine glasses or Dading or something.
The so-called winning the world, I, Yang, want to blow this atmosphere on the land of China first, and then other tribes will come to take a look and be scared, this leader can cast such a big tripod, it must be full of the spirit of a king.
Coupled with the shock of their tiger bodies, these barbarians have not surrendered one after another.
Yang Li wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and sent the Lieshan clan away.
Holding a bundle of animal skins into the small room, Yang Li found that Yulia had been lying on the small wooden bed in a large shape, occupying all the territory.
"This is the chief's bed." Yang Li grabbed Mao Mei's back collar and wanted to take her away.
Mao Mei struggled, saying that the leader should share weal and woe with his subordinates, and this bed should be left to the little girl with a weak physique.
Yang Li said no, he spread out the bundle of animal skins, piled them at Yulia's feet, and then walked to the head of the bed and squatted, saying If you don't leave, I will still sleep on this bed tonight, hehehe.
"Huh?" Yulia's expression seemed to be smiling, staring at Yang Li up and down.
Yang Jiao glared at Mao Mei without showing weakness, the family style should be strict, let her climb on her head now, how to discipline her in the future.
"Are you going to talk about it later, and I'll just hold it and not move?" Yulia asked.
Yang Li was stunned: "Hey, you actually know what I'm going to say." ”
"I know something else, like - I'll help you untie the breath." The old god Yulia nodded her head.
"What else do you know?"
"That's a lot—I'm just out there and can't get in."
Yang Li gritted his teeth: "How do you know!" ”
"Just kidding, I've killed a few streets of such liars in Moscow to help my sister get angry," Yulia said, glaring her white fist, "Go or I'll kill you." ”
Yang Li came out of the inner room with the animal skin in his arms, and found that everyone hula turned their backs to him, and began to be busy with all kinds of things.
Huya pulled the straw apart and re-laid it.
Xue wipes his new longbow vigorously with a piece of deerskin.
Suddenly, someone said, "Ah, why are you here, chief, and why don't you know how to make a noise?"
Everyone said yes in unison.
Yang Li rolled his eyes and found a position by the window to lie down.
In the end, Xue Mu and Yulia went to sleep in the back room, and the others made bunks outside, and a small cluster of wormwood was lit in both corners of the house to repel mosquitoes.
The smell of wormwood is quite good, but if you smell too much, you will be a little confused, Yang Li opened the window next to him, and the night outside was like water, and the green rock tribe seemed to fall into a deep sleep.
Paper and glass had not yet been invented, and the so-called window was just a wooden board that could be opened and closed.
"Phew." Around midnight, a small stone landed on the window.
Yang Jiao was startled, and pushed open the window suddenly, feeling that the wooden board had hit something, but when he looked around, there was no movement except for the large bonfire in the middle of the settlement.
Ghosts?
At this time, a furry head suddenly came out from below and appeared in front of Yang Li, so frightened that he almost cried out.
The man hurriedly made a silent gesture: "Shhh ”
"Brother Lieshan, what are you doing here late at night?" Yang Jiao pushed open the window just now, and the wooden board just hit the Lieshan clan outside, and now he has a bag on the door of his head, looking a little embarrassed.
"The leader is gathering men, and he wants to rob you of your iron-maned pig's teeth."
Yang Li really didn't expect that a mere luxury item would be remembered.
According to the Lieshan clan, the leader of the green rock is a fanatical worshipper of the god of the mountains, and the pig's teeth carried by Yang Li and his party are the best sacrifices for the god of the mountains, and at the same time, a certain tribe in the north has a private transaction with the leader.
A samurai named Pit Viper had come from another tribe and had been guarding the Greenstone leader for many years, and the Lieshan clan suspected that several previous disappearances of people in the tribe were related to him.
The Greenstone Boss will launch a raid in the early hours of the morning.
The Lieshan clan knew about this and hurried to remind him.
Yang Jiao looked depressed, you said that there was a bit of a contradiction with the deputy leader in the Gray Wood Clan, because he wanted to recruit a hero unit, for the sake of Xue, a young man, he would give up the trade route for the time being, Yang Li was willing!
But what about the Greenstone Tribe, the situation is completely different, everyone has no conflict of interest at all, so I'll come over to discuss whether I can exchange copper ore, and if I don't agree, I'll pull it down, why do you kill it, why don't you follow the Basic Law?
Of course, there is a solution, while the attack has not yet happened, take the initiative to sacrifice the Iron Mane Fangs to the Greenstone leader, and ask him to stop the army and reconcile.
But Yang Jiao can't do this thing, dignified traverser, we still have to make a face, not to mention that Mao Mei woke up at some point, lurked beside her, and lay on her stomach, holding a small axe in her hand, with an excited expression.
Stop, this is the home of other people, and there are only seventeen people on my side, and it is too risky to make trouble in a settlement of more than 100 people.
Hmph, if this business is not done, can't we withdraw, pull up the copper mine sent by the Lieshan clan and leave, and it can be regarded as not returning empty-handed.
Yang Li beckoned everyone to get up, each carrying something on his back, planning to run away overnight, Mao Mei's axe was inserted back into her waist, holding three little pigs in her hands, Huya was reluctant, he shouted to kill the door, cut off the head of the leader of the green rock as a night pot.
Lieshan led Yang Jiao to take the lead out of the warehouse: "You can't walk through the gate of the settlement, there must be someone guarding that direction, I know that the other road is the path that women and children usually pass through to fetch water, walk from this side, there are no guards." ”
The group crept through the settlement, and finally came to the fence behind a shack on the south side, where a piece of the stake was loose and not connected to the other stakes, but it was blocked by a few sheaves of thatch, and it was not usually noticeable.
Huya removed the stake, and a gap appeared in the fence that only allowed one person to pass through.
Everyone rushed out, and the Lieshan clan said that if he went further, he would not be safe, and he had already placed the cart of ore in the woods, so you should take it and leave quickly.
"Brother Lieshan, you ......" Yang Li hesitated for a while, and found that even if he was abducted to the river bay, it was useless, people's specialty was mining, but the river bay was strong in agriculture, but there was no ore, so he could only change the word, "You have to take care of yourself, the mine is easy to collapse, the more you dig down, the more you need to do a good job of supporting construction." ”
"Thanks for reminding me, I believe that the leader of Greenrock is just confused for a while, and when he turns his mind, I will send someone to the Riverbend to ask you to come back!" The Lieshan clan was really loyal to the Green Rock Clan, and he patted Yang Jiao on the shoulder and swore an oath.
Yang Jiao said Okay, don't stay outside, go back quickly, in case someone sees it, then you have to buckle the hat of a traitor, and if your green rock leader asks you about it in the past two days, you have to scold me hard, understand.
Lieshan didn't know what to do, nodded and said yes, and the two parted again.
Yang Li already regarded the Lieshan clan as his own in his heart, and in fact, the Greenstone tribe was also within the scope of his future annexation, but where was the biggest problem with this land?
Separated by a river, if you rule directly, you will have to face the inconvenience of communication between the two places, so there are two prerequisites for controlling the Greenstone tribe.
Either there is a well-developed river transport, or a bridge between the two banks cannot be done overnight.
Until then, peaceful trade is the best way to develop in the bend. Since his Greenstone Patriarch has been poisoned by shamanism, it doesn't matter, I'll gather the men and horses when I go back, kill this fool, and then raise an upright and zealous leader among the Greenrock tribe.
This leader has to be close to me.
Yang Li glanced back at the back of the Lieshan clan, and a wicked smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, which happened to be seen by the three little pigs.
"Ah Hua, Xiao Bai, Hei Pi, what are you humming?" Yulia felt that the rope in her hand was unstable, and hurriedly squatted down to comfort, "Don't tremble, Mom will take you home." ”